This serpentine landscape has probably lay here unseen, unnoticed, unadored. Perhaps someone keen on Google Earthing may have noticed as they explore in the digital realm. For me its a wonderful discovery as I fly over this landscape on my way home. The more I discover about the Barker Inlet wetlands the more I love.
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The temperature climbed to 40 degreesC today and with 38 degrees predicted for tomorrow. For now the Gilman wetlands have plenty of surface water with hundreds of waterfowl taking respite from the heat. It will however be interesting to watch this place change over the coming summer months. For now this Gilman cluster of pelicans […]
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Looking out over the Mundi Mundi plains the allure of the Australian outback is palpable. The vista is breathtakingly expansive, the remoteness liberating. As that fiery orb sets over the Bimbowrie Conservation Park, bringing a relieving coolness to the day, I’m reminded why we call her a sunburned country. #Sunset #outback #vista #landscape #sun #mundimundi […]
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I really could not call this image anything else. For years I’d driven up and down and around this north-south spit of land north of Port Adelaide and not realised how thin a strip of land the Lefevre Peninsula really is. You’d think looking at Google maps or some other schematic description of the lay […]
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I wonder when that last call for drinks really was? I suspect that back in its heyday there never was a last call, just the ushering of patrons out the door. Back in 1873 the discovery of gold here transformed an inhospitable region of the South Australian outback into a nearly 500 strong community resulting […]
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